Marburger on ID
by machtThe White House science adviser, John Marburger, recently spoke on a number of science related issues, including ID. From here:
Many scientists and science organizations have objected to what they perceive to be support within the Administration for "teaching the controversy" between evolution and intelligent design or creationism, noting that there is no scientific controversy because evolution is backed by extensive evidence and research. Marburger stressed that the debate has not affected his office.
"No one is putting pressure on me or suggesting that creationism should be a part of science education - that's ridiculous," he said. "I've never heard this discussed in any - in any - of the meetings or forums or private discussions…that I've ever had with anybody in the White House [or federal agencies]."
November 30th, 2006 at 10:15 am
Its not real suprising that when President Bush said he supported teaching intelligent design he was only pandering to social conservatives. Since then, of course, the Dover, Pa. school board was voted out of office, Kitzmiller v. Dover was decided by a conservative Bush appointee, creationists were voted out of power on the Kansas School Board in the GOP primaries, Ohio deep sixed its ID policy, and a bunch of creationists lost in the November elections, the most prominent being Senator Rick Santorum, who couldn't run away from IDism fast enough after Kitzmiller. I'm inclined to agree with the 'Rev. Dr.' Lenny Flank that IDism is dead, dead, dead. Hopefully it will take about twenty years for the creationists to develop creationism 4.0 and muster the political strength to make it a threat to public school science education again.
Comment by Aagcobb — November 30, 2006 @ 10:15 am